Hog-ring



' J. PEERYi Hog-Rings.

No. 224,349, Patented Feb. 10,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I JAMES PEERY, OF LUCAS, MISSOURI.

HOG-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,349, dated February10, 1880.

I Application filed July 18, 1879. I

' 'To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES PEERY,0f Lucas,

in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hog-Rings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has for its object to furnish a nose-ring for hogs whichwill not only prevent rooting, but will prevent the hogs from sleepingor lying close together or one ontop of another.

It consists in a stirrup-shaped loop provided with side spurs, as willbe hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings, Figure I shows the stirruploop and spurs united. Figs.2 and 3 show the spurs and loop separated. Y

a is the loop or ring, which is attached to the nose. It is made in theshape of a stirrup, asshown, and has on its ends the hooks a, a, whichmay be thrust through the gristle of the nose. The loop or ring a, isput through the gristle of the nose by an instrument adapted for thepurpose! After being attached the ends of the hooksxa a are bent inagainst the fastening,,which prevents other parts of the ring, so as tomake a secure the ring from drop ping off the nose.

b I) are the spurs. These are formed, by preference, from a single pieceof wire, in which are formed the eyes I) b", so arranged that they willslip onto the arms of the ring a, as shown in Fig. 1. After the eyes I)are slipped onto the ring a the ends of the latter are pressed together,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, thus fastening the spurs in place near theouter end of said ring, as shown in Fig. 1.

The loop a is so attached to the nose that the points a. a, will beabove or in front, while the stirrups end will lie flat against the endof the nose.

The spurs b b project laterally, and prevent the hogs from lying closetogether or in heaps.

What I claim as my invention is- .The combination, with the ring a, madestirrup-shaped, of the spurs b b, made from a single piece of wire,turned to form the eyes b b, and adapted to he slipped onto the arms ofthe ring a, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES PEERY.

Witnesses MICHAEL KEDIGH, 7 PETER M. COLEMAN.

